SCROPHULARINEA. 451 
20. CONOBEA. 
Conobea, Aubl. Pl. Guian. p. 689; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p- 951. 
Seven herbaceous species in North and South America. 
1. Conobea intermedia, A. Gr. in Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 117; 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 279. 
New Mexico; Arizona.—NortH Maxico, Sonoita valley (Rothrock). 
2. Conobea pusilla, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 991. 
Schistophragma pusilla, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 392. . 
Sourd Mexico, near Tehuantepec (Alaman); Nicaragua, Realejo (Grsted).— 
VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
3. Conobea scoparioides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 391. 
Spherotheca scoparioides, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, ii. p. 391. 
SoutH Mexico, Teapa (Linden, 195).—Braziu. 
21. HERPESTIS. 
Herpestis, Gertn. f. Fruct. i. p. 186, t. 214; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 951. 
About fifty herbaceous species, widely dispersed in the warmer regions, but most 
numerous in America. 
1. Herpestis chamedryoides, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 369; DC. Prodr. 
x. p. 393; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 430. 
Herpestis colubrina, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 368. 
Herpestis chrysantha, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, ii. p. 577. 
Texas.—Norrx Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 
674, in part); SourH Mexico, Aguas Calientes (Hartweg, 199), Mirador (Linden, 1101), 
Jalapa, 3000 feet (Galeotti, 998), Real del Monte (Coulter, 1285), valley of Mexico, &c. 
(Bourgeau, 69, 1252, 2287, 2705), Toluca (Galeotti, 1083); Nicaracua, Chontales 
(Tate, 168); Costa Rica (Grsted; Endres); Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 213).— 
Southward to Perv and Brazin and in the West Inpins. Hb. Kew. 
2. Herpestis monniera, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 366; DC. Prodr. x. 
p. 400; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 281; Bot. Mag. t. 2557. 
Herpestis moranensis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 367. 
Cosmopolitan in Tropica, and SUBTROPICAL REGIONS. Hb. Kew. 
3. Herpestis nigrescens, Benth.; DC. Prodr. x. p. 394; A. Gr. Synop. FI. N. 
Am. ii. p. 280. | 
NortH Caroiina to Texas.—Norta Mexico, Guajuco, Nuevo Leon (Palmer, 988). 
Hb. Kew. 
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